Vršič Pass
To get from Lake Bled to Soča River you can take a road with 50 hairpin turns built in World War I. At the 8th turn there is a small Russian Chapel just to the left of the road. The chapel was built by Russian …
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Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj is a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains. As I got in the lake, fish swam by my feet and ducks flew over my head. We swam out to the middle of the lake. I rode a ski gondola up to the top of …
Vintgar Gorge
The funniest thing that happened at Vintgar Gorge was that we saw three White-throated Dippers (aka European Dippers) jumping off rocks, taking a dip, and popping up further downstream.
Next we saw trout lazily floating in an emerald green pool.
After we saw the trout we hiked down to a pool below a waterfall.
The pool was so cold I couldn’t believe that trout were swimming in it!
I didn’t know that the pool was so cold until I put my feet in!
On our hike back upstream we stacked rocks on a rocky shore sticking out halfway into the river.
Vingtar Gorge is spectacular!
Lake Bled Castle
Lake Bled Castle sits on the top of a hill overlooking Lake Bled. We got to see how people used to make books with a letterpress. I even got to try making something with it. Here is a picture of what I made with the …
Lake Bled Church
There is a church on the island in the middle of Lake Bled. I got to ring a bell in the chapel. I got to go into the clock tower and see the gigantic pendulum clock. The clock had an enormous bell. We had an awesome walnut …
The Swans of Lake Bled
I saw four swans on Lake Bled. One of the swans was an adult and the others were cygnets (baby swans). The swans were called mute swans, but they are far from mute. These swans paddle with one foot and rest the other on their wing (as the cygnet is demonstrating in my photo above). The swans of Lake Bled are beautiful and the cygnets are very cute.
Predjama Castle
Predjama Castle sits in the mouth of a cave. There is a hiding spot with access to a cave system behind the castle. The stairs up to the balcony are gigantic and hard to climb. Swifts cruised in and out of the eaves. Predjama Castle …
The Dragons of Postojna Cave
Can you guess what the most well known thing in Postojna Cave is? It’s an olm! If you want to see another olm picture click here: https://www.postojnska-jama.eu/assets/Obiscite-nas/Proteusova-jama/Postojna-Cave-Vivarium-Proteus-P-anguinus-1.jpg. An olm is a salamander that looks quite like a dragon. No wonder it’s famous. Olms are blind, but …
Ljubljana – Part 3
Ljubljana has an incredible castle and many amazing churches. We could see the castle from our hotel room.
We got up to the castle by taking our second funicular. The ride was beautiful and the view of the castle was amazing. It was the first castle that I had ever seen. The clock tower was beautiful and we got to go up to the top of it to see the view.
I saw four types of birds at the castle including pigeons, crows, sparrows, and kos (kos are European blackbirds with stunning yellow bills). The pigeons were everywhere.
The crow was in the courtyard looking for food.
The sparrow was on the steps right next to me trying to eat my cheddar rockets.
The kos was outside on the wall, although this picture was taken as the kos disappeared into the shrubs.
Ljubljana – Part 2
There is a bird marsh not too far outside Ljubljana. When we arrived, there was a pheasant in the road! I don’t have any photos of it because it was running away from the car! It had a shiny green head and red cheek patches …
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